Michèle Daoud

Michèle is an investor with Monk's Hill Ventures, an-early stage venture capital fund focusing on technology startups in Southeast Asia. She invests cross-industries in software-driven companies and works closely with entrepreneurs to help scale their businesses. Prior to joining Monk's Hill Ventures in Hong Kong, Michele was an early employee at Udemy, the largest global online learning marketplace focused on lifelong education. Based in San Francisco, she helped grow the company and 5X revenues with a primary focus on content strategy and partnerships. Prior to joining Udemy, Michele worked in Google's New Products & Services team in London overseeing display advertising platforms for Europe and North Africa. She was also a Strategy Consultant at Oliver Wyman for telecommunication companies across the Middle East & Africa. Michèle holds an MBA and Certificate in Public Management and Social Innovation from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, and a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from the American University of Beirut. Michèle has been volunteering with arcenciel since January 2015 helping set up arcenciel USA and initiating the association’s legal incorporation. She is born and raised in Lebanon.